Door-hanger.



No. 775,223. PATENTED NOV. 15, 1904. I

F. W. MILLER.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23,1903.

N0 MODEL.

Inventor Witnesses 1L s. 4 I v BY Attorney UNITED STATES PatentedNovember 15, 1904.

FRANK IV. MILLER, OF I/VOOSTER, OHIO.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,223, dated November1'5, 1904. Application filed June 23, 1903. Serial No. 162,741. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, FRANK IV. MILLER. a citizen of the United States,residing at Wooster, in the county of IVayne and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Door-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in barn-door hangers; and itconsists in the construction and combination of devices hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

One object of my invention is to efl'ect improvements in theconstruction of the linkpiece which is employed to connect thedoorstraps and the wheel-housing.

A further object of my invention is to effect, in combination with thelink-piece, improve ments in the construction of the door-straps wherebythe latter are laterally adjustable to enable the door-hanger to be usedon a door of any thickness and to facilitate the applica tion of thedoor-hanger to the door.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of adoor-hanger embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionalview of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention I provide a pair of door-straps 1 2,which are preferably U-shaped, as here shown, and the upper ends of thearms of which are bent laterally to form the overlappingslidably-related portions l 2, respectively. The strap 1 is secured toone side of a door by bolts or other suitable means in such manner thatthe lateral portions l thereof are a slight distance above the top ofthe door. The link portion 3 comprises the end loops 4, havingupstanding ears 5 on their upper sides, and a hingebar 6, connecting thesaid ears and adapted to be engaged by the hook portion 70f the supporting wheel housing 8, whereby pivotal connection is effected betweenthe link-piece and the wheel-housing. The lateral portions 2 of thedoor-strap 2, which bears against the door on the side opposite thestrap 1, are here shown as secured in the upper portions of the loopsat, the lateral or cross portions 1 of the straps l slidably engagingthe lower portions of the respective loops 4:. This construction of thelink-piece and the door-straps enables the'latter to be laterallyadjusted to vary the width of the space between them according to thethickness of the door to which the hanger is to be applied, and the samebolts may be employed for securing both of the straps to opposite sidesof the door. Hence my improved door-hanger is adapted to be used on adoor of any width and may be very readily and quickly applied thereto ordetached therefrom, as will be understood.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanyingdrawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. In a barn-door hanger, the combination of a link-piece to bear on thetop of the door, and straps to be secured to opposite sides of the door,said straps having lateral portions extending across the door andslidabl y related to each other. and engaged by the link-piece,substantially as described.

2. In a barn-door hanger, the combination of a link-piece, adapted tobear on the top of a door, and having loops disposed transversely withreference to the door, and door-straps to bear on opposite sides of thedoor, and having lateral portions slidably related and engaged by theloops of the link-piece, whereby the width of the space between thestraps on opposite sides of the door may be varied for the purpose setforth, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FRANK \V. MILLER. \Vitnesses:

BURT A. MILLER, CHAS. M. BALL.

